Z13.40

Z13.40: Encounter for screening for unspecified developmental delays

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z13.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for unspecified developmental delays. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z13.40 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z13.40

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z13: Encounter for screening for other diseases and disorders

encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z13.40

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z13.4: Encounter for screening for certain developmental disorders in childhood

encounter for routine child health examination (Z00.12-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Screening›developmental›delays
Screening›disease or disorder›developmental delays

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.